MANILA, Philippines - Interior and Local Government Secretary
Manuel Roxas II quietly arrived yesterday morning at the Ninoy Aquino
International Airport (NAIA) after meeting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping at
the 9th China-ASEAN Expo last Friday in Nanning, Guangxi province in China.
Roxas discussed with Xi the
current issues between the two countries and other bilateral concerns.
Both countries reportedly
expressed their desire to resolve the issues while moving forward with their
bilateral relations.
Xi promised Roxas to bring
President Aquino’s message to the attention of Chinese President Hu Jintao and
responded “to the matters raised in the meeting,” which Roxas promised to
convey to the President.
China and the Philippines are
still locked in a dispute over Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the West
Philippine Sea (South China Sea).
The dispute began in April when
Philippine authorities spotted Chinese fishermen illegally gathering endangered
marine species in the area, but were blocked by Chinese ships before they could
make arrests.
The two nations, along with other
countries, have overlapping claims on the Spratly group of islands in the West
Philippine Sea.
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